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Egon
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Used for picking up hay and putting it into a stack. They were very common untill about 40 years ago. Got displaced by balers and fellows who really liked hard work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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nobull1
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Used for picking up hay and putting it into a stack. They were very common untill about 40 years ago. Got displaced by balers and fellows who really liked hard work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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I would have liked to have one 10 years ago so I could have retired my 2 prong hay fork /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Used for picking up hay and putting it into a stack. They were very common untill about 40 years ago. Got displaced by balers and fellows who really liked hard work! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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I would have liked to have one 10 years ago so I could have retired my 2 prong hay fork /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Egon
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I just do not know why this impliment became outdated.
Farmers made small stacks. They used a stack mover to haul the stack to the feed lot. There they had a movable metal rack so the cattle were allowed a certain amount of hay per day. Others reloaded the stacks and used a cutting attachment to lay out rows of hay for feeding.
This was the least labour intensive way of haying and feeding that I have seen. To my mind it also produced the best hay.
The Farmhand also had a very high reach so it was used for any number of other work chores on the farm.
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Farmers made small stacks. They used a stack mover to haul the stack to the feed lot. There they had a movable metal rack so the cattle were allowed a certain amount of hay per day. Others reloaded the stacks and used a cutting attachment to lay out rows of hay for feeding.
This was the least labour intensive way of haying and feeding that I have seen. To my mind it also produced the best hay.
The Farmhand also had a very high reach so it was used for any number of other work chores on the farm.
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MossRoad
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I like these(scroll down the page on the link) at the marvinbaumann.com website. Be sure to check out all the other neat stuff on his website, too. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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And this one, which my all time favorite strange looking tractor -- the Allis Chalmers G. Here I'm pointing you off to SoundGuy's thread where he refurbished one and did a beautiful job. Interesting read about a very interesting looking tractor. Lots of pictures too!
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Those are cool. Soundguy did a real nice job. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif There's one of those sitting behind a house a few miles from me. Been there as long as I can remember.